• An affidavit or declaration submitted after a case has been appealed will not be admitted without a showing of good and sufficient reasons why it was not presented earlier. [Cases: Patents 111. C.J.S. Patents §§ 180–183.]
affidavit after appeal
Patents. A sworn statement submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after the filing of a notice of appeal from an adverse determination by an examiner.